The Political Graveyard: Nemaha County, Neb.

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Nemaha County
Nebraska

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nemaha County

Index to Locations

Brownville Cemetery
Brownville, Nemaha County, Nebraska

Politicians buried here:

Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824-1905) — also known as Robert W. Furnas — of Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Miami County, Ohio, May 5, 1824. Son of William Furnas and Martha (Jenkins) Furnas. Republican. Printer; farmer; member of Nebraska territorial legislature, 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of University of Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75; Governor of Nebraska, 1873-75. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died June 1, 1905 (age 81 years, 27 days). Interment at Brownville Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William Furnas and Martha (Jenkins) Furnas; married, October 29, 1845, to Mary E. McComas; married to Susannah (Emswiler) Jameson.
		Furnas County, Neb. is named for him.
		See also National Governors Association biography

Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Jefferson Majors (1841-1932) — of Peru, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, June 25, 1841. Republican. Member of Nebraska state senate, 1867-69, 1887, 1909; U.S. Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1878-79; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1889; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1891-95. Died in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., July 11, 1932 (age 91 years, 16 days). Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Samuel Gordon Daily (1823-1866) — also known as Samuel G. Daily — of Peru, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Trimble County, Ky., 1823. Member of Nebraska territorial House of Representatives, 1858; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1860-65. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 15, 1866 (age about 43 years). Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

William S. Horn — of Nemaha County, Neb. Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1864. Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

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